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Sweatin’ to an oldie!
The Natural Way to Keep in Shape Voak 1973 Exercise books are so much fun! This one cracked me up. I could hardly gather the kind of exercise from the pictures and the fashion just about made me laugh out loud. I don’t know what is funnier, trying to exercise…
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I want to be a “likable teen”
Your Home and You Greer and Gibbs 1960 This book is ten different kinds of awesome! I want to sit around drinking milk and playing records. Ah, the good old days! I was lucky enough to trip on it at our library’s used book sale. I have no idea how…
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Make-it Book
McCall’s Giant Golden Make-it Book Peter 1953 I am so glad several university libraries are holding on to this relic. This just screams 1950s. It still is in some school libraries holdings and I wonder how well it must be holding up after a nearly sixty years. Of course it…
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Now Bonnie Does Exercise!
How to Keep Slender and Fit After Thirty Prudden 1969 Pocket Books edition, 1970 Oh my! The leotard is the best feature on this cover! A quick WorldCat search revealed quite a few public libraries are hanging on to this antique exercise book! Lots of the exercises presented are yoga…
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Cat Dependent No More
Cat Dependent No More: Learning to Live Cat-Free in a Cat-Filled World Reid 1992 Submitter: I am a brand new reference librarian, and I am weeding non-fiction for the first time. The non-circulation of this gem, as well as the frightening, seemingly oiled cat image, caught my attention. At first…
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“You are such a tight-ass”
How to Good-bye Depression: If you constrict anus 100 times everyday. Malarkey? Or Effective Way? Nishigaki 2000 Submitter: One of our staff found this gem on the shelves today. It’s so bad, I worry that it’s a joke. My first response to the book was OMG WTF? 111!!!!!!1111!! I never…
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